 /*******************************************************************************
  * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  *
  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.texteditor;

 import org.eclipse.jface.text.TextUtilities;
 import org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AnnotationPreference;

 /**
  * Represents an annotation type.
  *
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public final class AnnotationType {
     private String fType;
     private String [] fSuperTypes;
     private AnnotationPreference fPreference;

     public AnnotationType(String type, String [] superTypes) {
         fType= type;
         fSuperTypes= TextUtilities.copy(superTypes);
     }

     public String getType() {
         return fType;
     }

     /**
      * Returns the list of super types of this annotation type. This list is owned by
      * this annotation type and may not be manipulated by clients.
      *
      * @return the list of super types
      */
     public String [] getSuperTypes() {
         return fSuperTypes;
     }

     /**
      * For internal use only.
      *
      * @return the annotation preference
      */
     public AnnotationPreference getPreference() {
         return fPreference;
     }

     /**
      * For internal use only.
      *
      * @param preference the annotation preference
      */
     public void setAnnotationPreference(AnnotationPreference preference) {
         fPreference= preference;
     }

     public boolean isSubtype(String superType) {
         if (fSuperTypes == null || superType == null)
             return false;

         if (superType.equals(fType))
             return true;

         for (int i= fSuperTypes.length -1; i > -1; i--) {
             if (superType.equals(fSuperTypes[i]))
                 return true;
         }

         return false;
     }
 }

